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- [spahy-der-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈspaɪ dərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [spahy-der-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈspaɪ dərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
Definitions of spiderwort word
- noun spiderwort any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers. 1
- noun spiderwort any of several related plants. 1
- noun spiderwort any of various plants of the American genus Tradescantia, esp T. virginiana, having blue, purplish, or pink flowers and widely grown as house plants: family Commelinaceae 0
- noun spiderwort any of various similar or related plants 0
- noun spiderwort any of a genus (Tradescantia) of fleshy perennial plants of the spiderwort family, having grasslike leaves and showy purplish, white, or pink flowers 0
- adjective spiderwort designating a family (Commelinaceae, order Commelinales) of monocotyledonous plants, including the dayflower and wandering Jew 0
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Origin of spiderwort
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; spider + wort2
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Parts of speech for Spiderwort
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spiderwort popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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- how to get rid of spiderwort?
- spiderwort when to cut back?
- how to grow spiderwort?
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